CATEGORIES OF COMPUTER CRIMES

Computer crime can involve criminal activities that are traditional in nature, such as theft, fraud, forgery, defamation and mischief. Cyber crime can simply be defined as unlawful acts wherein the computer is either a tool or a target or both. Source:High Tech Computer Crimes Task Force.www.cyber-response.org

CRIMES FACILITATED BY A COMPUTER

Occurs when a computer is used as a tool to aid criminal activity. Crimes include but are not limited to:
Storing records of fraud
Financial crimes (credit card frauds, money laundering, fraud, etc.)
Producing false identification
Intellectual Property Crimes (software piracy, copyright infringement, trademarks violations, theft of computer source code, etc.)
Collecting and distributing child pornography
Cyber stalking

CRIMES TARGETING AN ATTACK ON A COMPUTER OR COMPUTER SYSTEM

Unauthorized access to computer systems or networks
Theft of information
Email bombing
Denial of service attack
Virus / worm attacks
Trojan attacks
Web jacking
Theft of computer system

CRIMES UTILIZING A COMPUTER AS STORAGE
Child pornography - graphic files
Fraud
Copyright infringement

CHAPTER 76 COMPUTER OFFENSES DEFINITIONS 18 PA.C.S.A. 7601